Anderson, IN is located in Madison County and is part of Indiana's 6th congressional district. The current representative for the area is Greg Pence, a Republican who was first elected to office in 2018 and re-elected in 2020. The mayor of Anderson is Thomas Broderick Jr., elected in 2019 and also a member of the Republican party. At the state level, Anderson residents are represented by State Senator Rick Niemeyer and State Representatives Karlee Macer and John Young Jr. All three representatives are Republicans. There are many opportunities for citizens of Anderson to get involved in local politics as there are several organizations that advocate for issues important to the community such as homelessness, poverty reduction, public safety initiatives, environmental sustainability, and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 46016 (Anderson, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, IN is moderately conservative. In Madison County, IN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 37.6%.
Madison county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 46016 (Anderson, IN) is somewhat conservative.
Anderson, Indiana is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Indiana is moderately conservative.
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Indiana is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Anderson, Indiana: r R d r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 46016 (Anderson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $9,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)